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Jay Rasgorshek

@jrasgorshek.bsky.social
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Scientific Illustrator/muralist contributor. jayrasgorshek.com

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Jay Rasgorshek @jrasgorshek.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
The first mural of the season has wrapped up! I’m stoked to showcase this riverside scene of local birds and birds found in and around the Boise River Area. Super proud for how it turned out for such a quick turnaround project. #scientificillustration #mural
Entryway muralEntryway muralHumming bird and tanager Entryway mural
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Jay Rasgorshek @jrasgorshek.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Had the honor of panting a pronghorn and indian paintbrush mural for a tech company last year! #murals #sciart
Pronghorns and Indian paintbrush mural Pronghorns and Indian paintbrush mural Pronghorns and Indian paintbrush mural Pronghorns and Indian paintbrush mural
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Jay Rasgorshek @jrasgorshek.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
“un tromp-l’oeil toxique” study. #gouache
Betta fish in front of yellow floral background
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Jay Rasgorshek @jrasgorshek.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Two new illustrations: American Dippers and Brown Trout Fries / Owyhee Horned Lark. For all the #boise people, I will be selling new prints and originals down at OldSpeak tomorrow and Friday. Come down and say hi. #sciart
American dipper and brown trout fries gouache Horned lark gouache
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Jay Rasgorshek @jrasgorshek.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
One of my smoky quartz illustrated. Dug from the bitterroot mountains. The reason smoky quartz is so dark is that it gets radiated from the earth. The more dark and opaque a smoky gets, the less it’s been exposed. #sciart #specimenillustration #geology
One of my smoky quartz illustrated. Dug from the bitterroot mountains.
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Jay Rasgorshek @jrasgorshek.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
With all the absolute insanity in the world, I continue to paint and contribute to the city of Boise. This was sponsored by PFCU and created for Idaho River Sports. I had a blast and met several organizers like Idaho Rivers United. . #sciart #murals #scientificillustration
The middle section of my 10x60’ mural showcasing salmon, a kayaker and native lupine.The right section of my 10x60’ mural showcasing salmon, a kayaker and native lupine. Sponsored by pioneer federal credit union.The right section of my 10x60’ mural showcasing salmon, a kayaker and native lupine.
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Jay Rasgorshek @jrasgorshek.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Hire me if you want to combat climate change. Whenever I install a mural, a storm inevitably rolls in whether we are in a dry season or not. #murals #artprocess
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Jay Rasgorshek @jrasgorshek.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Some progress updates from my newest mural near White Water Park.
Mural progress of a 10x60’ muralMural progress of a 10x60’ muralMangonadaSlushy
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Jay Rasgorshek @jrasgorshek.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
One of my favorite minerals are the Bunkerhill Pyromorphites. Most pyromorphites range from olive to granny smith apple green, but the Jersey lvl 9 vein of pyromorphites are bright orange due to trace amounts of arsenic mixed in with these lead chlorophosphate crystals. #Sciart #Idaho
Cabinet sized pyromorphite from Bunker hill.Mini sized pyromorphite from Bunker hill.Cabinet sized pyromorphite from Bunker hill.
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Jay Rasgorshek @jrasgorshek.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
This is one of my favorite comics to read in the last 5 years.
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Matthew Dow Smith @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Every artist I know is really struggling right now. Financially, emotionally, their confidence, in general. If you like an artist's work, support them any way you can. Buying their stuff or subscribing to their Patreon is great, but words of encouragement are also incredibly helpful.
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joão ruas @feralkid.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
wounded II (study) • graphite on moleskine and washi paper
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Jay Rasgorshek @jrasgorshek.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
“African florals and birds” Finished up this mural for the client this past Sunday. One and a half week install time for a new build. Assisted by Eva Streicher and Indigo B-C. #murals #sciart
12x16’ mural featuring a lush landscape12x16’ mural featuring a lush landscape12x16’ mural featuring a lush landscape12x16’ mural featuring a lush landscape
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Jay Rasgorshek @jrasgorshek.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Mural progress of our 12x15’ wall. Slightly #sciart , but not really since we’re adding plants that the client enjoys. #mural
Sub tropical wall mural in progressSub tropical wall mural in progressSub tropical wall mural in progressSub tropical wall mural in progress
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Jay Rasgorshek @jrasgorshek.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
New wall, new year, same ole Jay. #mural
First paint coat of a new mural.
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Plumy - 11 av de Broadgay @ Ycon @plumy.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Happy new year
Screenshot of the game 13 sentinels. 2 characters stand into ruins. One says « I think we are in the year 2025. The other reply « 2025 ? Are you crazy ? »
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Rebecca Jabs @rebeccajabsart.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Three years ago, I stood outside three hours in frigid conditions for the gift of a 30-second view of this magnificent bird. The genus of the Varied Thrush, Ixoreus, comes from the Greek "ixos," or mistletoe.
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Jay Rasgorshek @jrasgorshek.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
I absolutely love how lighting and environment shifts mural work. 14’x88’ River Otters and Balsamroot in deep snow. #sciart #murals
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Jay Rasgorshek @jrasgorshek.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Here’s some cool new hematite amethyst material coming out of a brand new spot in NA. The geodes themselves are a couple hundred pounds and are lined with lemon yellow agate and are incased in limestone. They are from a very remote corner of main land America, one that has few visitors. #geology
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Benjamin Lord @benjalord.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Table No. 43 - Nudibranchia Kunstformen der Natur (1904) by Ernst Haeckel 🦑 🐡 #art #SciArt #MarineBiology 💙📚 #Booksky 📚👀
Early 20th century illustration of intricate nudibranch (sea slug) species in bright colors.
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Jay Rasgorshek @jrasgorshek.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
These guys just live rent free running through my head. There's nothing like stumbling across a whole herd of them in winter. #sciart
Two pronghorns running through a sagebrush landscape.
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Avesta Rastan @azuravesta.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
Hello! I've finally made the jump over to bsky as I no longer use Twitter and I'm excited to test out this new platform. I absolutely love the visual communication of science, and I'm a professionally-trained medical illustrator! Here's some of my infographic work: #SciArt #SciComm
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Jay Rasgorshek @jrasgorshek.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
One of the illustrations created for an interpretive panel for the USFS. (I did a bunch of native bush florals as well) This was commissioned to show the non native Spruce root system compared to the native Larch's system at a camp ground where several old growth spruces were felled. #sciart
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Kat Morgan @muralhunter.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Terrific new mural in Sand City CA - created last month at the 5th Sand City Mural Festival. By SF Bay Area muralist Liv Losee-Unger (orluarts on insta). #mural
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Jay Rasgorshek @jrasgorshek.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Some of my specimen work in Mineralogy/Crystallography. -Watermelon Tourmaline (Himalayan Mine--San Diego, CA.) 2024 -Idaho Mineral Poster. 2022 -Idaho Aquamarine, Smokies, and Feldspar. 2022 -Azurite and Malachite (Peacock mine--Near the 7 devils region. ID) 2023 #sciart #geology #gouache
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Jay Rasgorshek @jrasgorshek.bsky.social · 17/10/2024
Some photos taken from my most recent mural up along the Idaho/Washington Border celebrating the Camas Lily, an important flower to the Nez Peirce and the Palouse Prairie.
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Jay Rasgorshek @jrasgorshek.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I miss doing en plein air painting so much but I just don’t have the time to dedicate to it anymore. These were some of my last sketchbook paintings that I’ve done circa 2018 or so at the boise zoo.
African wild dogs that I painted Some kind of crane that I painted
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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Sci artists: bsky.app/starter-pack...
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TAKAO★WATANABE🌿10/23-28Exhibition @watanabetakao.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
『君にプレゼント』 自宅の庭で時々みかけるニホントカゲ。尻尾が青くてちょっと宝物を見つけた感がありますね😊 #渡辺孝夫デジタル作品集 In Japan, there is a lizard with a beautiful blue tail named “Nihon-tokage” (Japanese Lizard). I see them in my garden, and when I see them, I feel very lucky. #Illustration
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Grey Allison @greyallison.bsky.social · 27/10/2024
Inktober Day 26: Liz Sherman from Hellboy/BRPD
Liz Sherman ink and tones by Grey Allison.
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Jay Rasgorshek @jrasgorshek.bsky.social · 27/10/2024
One of my favorite interpretive panels I’ve ever worked on! I love doing above/under scenes. #sciart
An above/under illustration depicting the lily pond behind the interpretive panel.
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adam @kumerish.bsky.social · 02/12/2023
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Jay Rasgorshek @jrasgorshek.bsky.social · 26/10/2024
(1 of 2) illustrated plate of smoky quartz specimens from Idaho in my collection. I dug a couple of these myself and the rest were bought from independent rockhounds. These are all from the Sawtooth Batholith and dug mostly in the Trinities.
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KnollPlaid @knollplaid.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
old cm😂 leaf-tail gecko
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carson thorn @carsonthornart.com · 18/10/2024
cammy
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Jay Rasgorshek @jrasgorshek.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
With the weather changing, it's been a blast on reflecting on all of the rockhounding I've done this summer. This is a quartz location on a private claim out in the Owyhees (Idaho and Oregon Border). I hauled out about a 55 liter bag full of this stuff!
A 4" block of quartzA 2" block of quartzA picture out at the quarryA 15 pound boulder of quartz
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Ryan Letourneau 🫃 @northernlionlp.bsky.social · 17/10/2024
this is me btw if you evne fuckign care
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Jay Rasgorshek @jrasgorshek.bsky.social · 17/10/2024
Hello! My name is Jay Rasgorshek. I am a scientific illustrator based in the NW who paints murals in the summer. I've worked with DK Books, Science Friday, USFS, BLM, NCA, Rutgers, Ghent, and many more. Portfolio: jayrasgorshek.com
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josh mckenzie @amonns.bsky.social · 17/10/2024
hi, i’m Josh and im a story artist (santiago of the seas, transformers: earthspark, lackadaisy, nda things) and BG designer (bee and puppycat) in animation! 💌 joshmckenzi@gmail.com 💻 joshmckenzieart.com
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Peter Wartman @peterwartman.com · 17/10/2024
Hey, I'm Peter and I draw comics! I've worked on the ATLA comics, written some Dragon Prince graphic novels, and also a few creator-owned things. ✨portfolio: peterwartman.com ✨comics: shipwreckplanet.com
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Jay Rasgorshek @jrasgorshek.bsky.social · 17/10/2024
Some photos taken from my most recent mural up along the Idaho/Washington Border celebrating the Camas Lily, an important flower to the Nez Peirce and the Palouse Prairie.
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Jay Rasgorshek @jrasgorshek.bsky.social · 25/05/2024
Some recent Idaho ☀️blooms☀️
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Jay Rasgorshek @jrasgorshek.bsky.social · 24/05/2024
Forgot to post my Albertson's project that my team and I completed this past spring (April 8th). I felt honored to contribute to the company's Recipe for Change and paint my favorite Boise River Bird. As always, I rely on my team to bring the vision of the mural to life. They're so fantastic!
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Jay Rasgorshek @jrasgorshek.bsky.social · 07/05/2024
Been fairly offline recently but seeing all this bear discourse go down online, I knew what I had to do. This hot springs is a favorite of mine in Idaho.
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Jay Rasgorshek @jrasgorshek.bsky.social · 23/03/2024
Thanks for the good time boise/treefort!! Had a blast. Stay tuned for next week when I start my next mural.
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Jay Rasgorshek @jrasgorshek.bsky.social · 17/03/2024
Some Botryoidal agate and opalized geode/thundereggs out of the Idaho/Oregon Border. Was fun pulling them out, they weigh in between 5-15 pounds. #geology
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Jay Rasgorshek @jrasgorshek.bsky.social · 10/02/2024
The Owyhees are experiencing above 150% the normal precipitation that they normally get so for the month of January so instead of doing en plein air, I am staying in my studio doing a study of a hot spring on the Owyhee River.
A painting of a hotsprings in the Owyhee Mountains.
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Jay Rasgorshek @jrasgorshek.bsky.social · 09/02/2024
I had a fantastic time at the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show. Very excited to share the specimen illustrations of the pieces I picked up at the show…but until I clear my freelance and mural backlog, here are some of my favorite cases at the main show.
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Jay Rasgorshek @jrasgorshek.bsky.social · 31/01/2024
Spring time Pronghorns in the Owyhees
Pronghorn in the Owyhee Desert
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Emily Schnall @emilyschnall.bsky.social · 29/01/2024
Mountain yellow-legged frog! The second amphibian “Sierra Species” I drew, this endangered froggy is making a comeback after gaining protected status in 2014 🐸 🌿 🐡
Illustration of a leaping frog on a mostly white background. There are blades of grass and swirls of water, we see the reflection of the frog’s yellow belly on the water’s surface below
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